Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] back the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be wrong to add back the extra depreciation charge that Shaw plc has borne . |
| 2 | But it is uncertain how far Mr Rafsanjani is willing to roll back the Islamic revolution . |
| 3 | Visiting time was over and Eleanor left , promising to come back the following afternoon . |
| 4 | There were about a dozen writers in hospitality , most of them busy knocking back the hard stuff . |
| 5 | The initial inducement may not be taken by customers to imply the normal credit terms , or if it is , the firm 's credit managers may eventually be able to rein back the actual credit period taken to the planned one month . |
| 6 | Healey was able to pay back the first instalment of £2 billion to the IMF with some ease , and indeed the full IMF loan proved to be unnecessary , while income-tax allowances were raised and a bonus for Christmas could be afforded for old-age pensions . |
| 7 | And John-William closed his eyes again , squeezing them tight shut to force back the painful , incredible start of tears . |
| 8 | Even in the earlier period , however , it was difficult to hold back the commercial urges of line managers , though some marketing effort was initially canalised into the job of discouraging the sale of electric fires or persuading people to go carefully in the use of electricity at peak times . |